Hi,
I just bought a tab that comes with Android 5.0.2. I tried the path substituition but not working. It is due to android version?
Code:
<advancedsettings>
<network>
<cachemembuffersize>157286400</cachemembuffersize>
<readbufferfactor>2.0</readbufferfactor>
</network>
<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/</from>
<to>/storage/extSdCard/thumbnail_ext/</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>
<imageres>720</imageres>
<fanartres>720</fanartres>
</advancedsettings>
Please advise. Thanks
Hi,
Even changing to special://profile/Thumbnails/ can't work. Is it due to the external card writing restriction in Lollipop 5? Since mine is not rooted, is there a way to make Kodi write to external card
Other apps like ES File Explorer, etc will create a popup asking me to grant permission to write to external card but Kodi does not do that.
Thanks
from what I read dealing with my Android phone when it comes to Lollipop giving access to SD cards it wasn't blanket access like it used to be before Android v4 (the good ole days - bunch of bs now if you ask me and sucks). the access apps obtain to SD is now limited to /storage/ext_sd/Android/data/(app folder name) with each app restricted to it's own folder but technically having SD access now. granted this path is based on Lollipop on a phone. I notice your path is typed "extSdCard". maybe that's how it is typed in Android v4. would have to check my Fire TV Stick. or maybe it's different per device? the path location should be the same after the external sd part regardless. something to try at least.
The android version stated in About is 5.0.2 and the path to external sdcard is extSdCard. If I use the above path substitution and copy all existing thumbnails from internal to external card, I can see the images in Kodi but unable to download new thumbnail
my bad. seems what I was remembering was for Kit Kat (Android 4.4+). with Lollipop a device is supposed to request access or have sd write access written into the app. also one site suggests a bug if the external sd card doesn't actually have a label/name. Lollipop is supposed to give blanket sd access either through a request/approval popup or being written into the app if I skimmed things correctly. got me curious to read up on things again as my phone has some apps that still don't write to the sd card. they also don't trigger any popup for approval as requested. however some apps access it find after they got updated (my guess is the sd write access was written in with the updates)
mentions the bug for some devices (lists two known devices)
https://metactrl.com/docs/sdcard-on-lollipop/
has info on the write request
http://www.androidcentral.com/lollipop-b...kind-youll
more info on the write request and being written into the apps - read through - most info starts with 2nd post
http://android.stackexchange.com/questio...rd-content
probably way more out there but just skimmed it to catch myself up
post edit:
lol thinking about this answered a question I puzzled over with my Fire TV Stick when I first got it. no wonder something kept disappearing. guessing it never actually got created now.
Any solution to this. I think Kodi developer should include the function to call for Sd Card permission.
Anyone has a solution to path substitute to external card in Lollipop 5.0.2 un-rooted